Never Give Up

For voice, piano and marimba  c.3'05.  Advanced level of difficulty.

This is the last in a cycle of eight songs. Libretto is by the composer.

The Bionic Girl, Neo-Tatiana, a creation of the year 2099, is not just a very advanced  technological celebrity vested with extraordinarily intellectual conditioned reflexes and automatic responses. She possesses the human capacity to experience deeply moving emotions, perceptions, as well the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching. She is graced with a heightened awareness of the human psyche, and responds strongly to heat, pain and a range of senses. Together with the inbuilt resilience of her robotic half, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility for her unique heritage - a merger of machine parts with humanly derived DNA and human brain cells, which are the substratum of her AI framework.
The accompaniment stirs up a lively, spirited, rhythmic and almost raucous chordal swagger, which reflects Neo Tatiana’s feisty attitude. There is a hint of the sway of melodies and rhythms used in African-American Spirituals which offer a powerful lens into the history of enslaved African Americans.

Composed 2026

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